3/4 vote

[AdaShort]

We had a special resolution vote which needed 3/4 in favor to pass. There were 61 votes, 46 in favor, 15 opposed. 75% was 45.75. As this was less than 3/4 was this a pass or a fail?

[George Mervosh]

I'm not the resident math expert (sadly, he doesn't come around any more), but it seems like it received a 3/4 vote and passed. Are you making the mistake of adding 1 to the number?

[Gary Novosielski]

We had a special resolution vote which needed 3/4 in favor to pass. There were 61 votes, 46 in favor, 15 opposed. 75% was 45.75. As this was less than 3/4 was this a pass or a fail?

Are you claiming that 46 is less than 45.75? Because it's not.

As long as the Yes votes are at least triple the No votes, you have achieved a 3/4 vote.

The resolution should have passed. Whether it did or not depends on what the chair announced, and what, if anything, happened after that.

[Rob Elsman]

We had a special resolution vote which needed 3/4 in favor to pass. There were 61 votes, 46 in favor, 15 opposed. 75% was 45.75. As this was less than 3/4 was this a pass or a fail?

Whatever result the presiding officer announced stands, since, apparently, a Point of Order was not raised at the time. See RONR (10th ed.), pp. 243, 244.

[Kim Goldsworthy]

We had a special resolution vote which needed 3/4 in favor to pass.

There were 61 votes, 46 in favor, 15 opposed.

75% was 45.75.

As this was less than 3/4 was this a pass or a fail?

Q. 75% of WHAT?

Beware!

There is no "three-fourths" vote requirement in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR 10th ed.) for any situation.

The rule must be your own doing, therefore.

Since the rule is a customized wording, then no interpretation can be possible without knowing the exact wording. -- And even then, there will be the possibility of ambiguity.